Parentheticals

Musings -- and occasional polemics -- on politics, policy, foreign relations, civil rights and liberties, the state of the Union and, occasionally, other less weighty things that I feel compelled to write about. -- Bill Patberg, Toledo, Ohio

Monday, November 19, 2012

A Pox On All Their Houses

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From The Economist, November 17-23rd Issue This cartoon captures some of the absurdity of the current goings on between Israel and Hamas...
Thursday, October 04, 2012

Thoughts on the Debate

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I actually came away from the debate thinking President Obama did just fine.  But the chatter about it - Democratic and Republican - is prob...
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Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Are we better off?

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When Romney made the claim that Obama couldn't tell us that we were better off now than we were when he took office, I laughed out loud....
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Medicare Vouchers

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Billy Bob asked what I thought about Medicare vouchers.  I like the concept.  I like anything that gives consumers more control and/or more ...
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Monday, August 27, 2012

Romney and Ryan

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There's been a lot written about Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his VP candidate and what the choice says about Romney himself. ...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

A Battle of ideas

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This  is what I hope this election becomes.  It will not do so explicitly, of course, but if people come to realize that this is what it is ...
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Monday, August 13, 2012

Ending Medicare As We Know It

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I’m probably going to vote for Obama this year. It’s mostly, I confess, a vote against Republicanism: that shameless (and to me loathsome...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Alaska Vacation: August 6-21, 2011

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Hi All We -- Judy and I -- just got back from the longest, and certainly one of the best, vacations we've ever had: 4 days in Anchor...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Fleeing to Canada?

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Better read this first. From The Manitoba Herald: "Build a Damn Fence!" The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border ...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Social Security and Me

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I got my Social Security statement today. Through 2008, I paid in $218,028 in FICA taxes (and $124,451 in Medicare taxes btw ) over the las...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Retirement Plans

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An approach to retiement I plan to emulate: Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, ...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Starve the Beast and Stuff the Goose

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I had a bit of an epiphany tonight. Remember "starve the beast," the Reaganite theory that the way to control the size of govern...
Friday, February 12, 2010

Talking About Health Care

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I want to have a concersation about health care. In another context , I wrote the following today: "If things don't change, medic...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Thinking About Obama

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The other thing I've been pondering is how I feel about Barak Obama. I will admit to a good deal of disappointment, particularly with h...
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How Important Is The Citizens United Case

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I’ve been thinking about the S Ct decision in the Citizens United case . I am a big fan of the 1st Amendment and also bit of a Hugo Blackia...
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